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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, I actually haven't bought a single laptop in my entire life. All my laptops are give/throw aways. The newest I have is a 3rd gen i7.

Did someone actually pay for a Windows license when he/she bought the laptop? Can't say for sure, but yes, most probably. For a Win7 license most likely since that was what was sood back then. Now I have LTSC and Linux on all of my PCs.

But me personally? No, I have never paid for a Windows license. All of the installs I have ever done for myself were pirated. From Win98 and XP onward.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

All my laptops are give/throw aways.

Cool then you have licenses. Whether you utilized them or not is up to you. But you have licenses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Utilize what. They're most probably Win7 Home licenses that could be exchanged for a Win10 Home license at a certain point in time, but not any more... and I wouldn't use a Home license anyway, it's crippled AF.